Grampians Gariwerd

Originally known as Gariwerd in one of the languages of the local people, Major Thomas Mitchell applied the European name Grampians to the area in 1836. The craggy ridges and hills of this part of western Victoria rise from the surrounding broad plains to form the south-western end of the Great Dividing Range. The Grampians National Park covers approximately 168,000 hectares and includes popular lookouts, waterfalls, and walking tracks, but also quiet, wild places. The Parks Victoria website provides much information about the park as well as a number of useful links:http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/grampians-national-park

Above: the Asses Ears viewed across farmland from the edge of Wartook State Forest. April 2015.